Born in Taitung County and a long-time resident of Japan, Huang Yin-Yu is an accomplished director and producer as well as the founder of Moolin Films (Taiwan) and Moolin Production (Japan). He has been engaged in documentary film work since 2010, with one of his films earning finalist status in the Swiss Visions du Réel Film Festival. Huang began work in 2013 on his continuing series of films focused on Taiwanese prewar migration to the Yaeyama Archipelago in Okinawa and subsequent historical issues.